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Bill: Gambling Act 2119
Details
Submitted by[?]: Party of Evil
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: September 2120
Description[?]:
| Proposal to limit gambling to private homes and licensed casinos. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The right to gamble.
Old value:: Gambling is legal across the nation, no regulation whatsoever.
Current: The legality of gambling is a matter of local governments.
Proposed: Gambling is legal, but only in private homes and casinos with special licences.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:24:11, October 01, 2005 CET | From | Party of Evil | To | Debating the Gambling Act 2119 |
| Message | We've proposed this before and we still believe this is a reasonable measure. |
| Date | 15:26:57, October 01, 2005 CET | From | Union of Work-Shy Elements | To | Debating the Gambling Act 2119 |
| Message | Why though? This includes no provision for horse racing, greyhound racing etc. Just seems to be pointless, inefficient regulation. |
| Date | 15:51:08, October 01, 2005 CET | From | Party of Evil | To | Debating the Gambling Act 2119 |
| Message | That's a lacune in the proposals. For the sake of argument, we choose to classify these and other, officially recognized avenues of gambling under 'licensed casinos'. This law is aimed specifically against illegal backstreet gambling operations run by criminals. |
| Date | 20:20:12, October 01, 2005 CET | From | Unio enim si quis Motus Populi | To | Debating the Gambling Act 2119 |
| Message | "This law is aimed specifically against illegal backstreet gambling operations run by criminals." Ummm...if it's legal everywhere, as it is, there is no illegal backstreet gambling operations. Banning it, such as you would be doing, everywhere but casinos and homes will create illegal backstreet gambling. |
| Date | 14:36:14, October 02, 2005 CET | From | Radical Greens | To | Debating the Gambling Act 2119 |
| Message | Don't see the point of this. |
| Date | 16:43:05, October 02, 2005 CET | From | Union of Work-Shy Elements | To | Debating the Gambling Act 2119 |
| Message | Yeah, it’s pretty ironic that a bill supposed to stop crime would actually create crime where it is currently non-existent. And no we are not just saying legalise everything and then we won’t have any crime. This is just silly, we will vote no. |
| Date | 18:49:48, October 02, 2005 CET | From | Party of Evil | To | Debating the Gambling Act 2119 |
| Message | *sigh*. It's going on unchecked now; making it a crime would allow the government to do something about it. |
| Date | 19:07:16, October 02, 2005 CET | From | Union of Work-Shy Elements | To | Debating the Gambling Act 2119 |
| Message | Yeah, but you see we don’t think it’s a problem in the first place. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 28 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 277 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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